New Zealand Dollar Weaker Vs US Dollar, Weighed By RBA, Profit-Taking Wall Street Journal WELLINGTON (Dow Jones)--The New Zealand dollar was slightly weaker against the US dollar late Friday on some profit-taking and a dovish tone from the Reserve Bank of Australia in its quarterly economic outlook, although it remained largely rangebound ... and more »

How New Zealand's Petty Politics Undermines Stability and Security in the Pacific Huffington Post (blog) The Australian and New Zealand governments gave money to the Tongan government for activities related to the transition. After the elections, the Tongan Auditor General (AG) found that around $250000 of the donor money could not be accounted for.

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Top selling games in New Zealand Stuff.co.nz Australasian games industry website MCVPacific has published a list of the top-ten selling games in New Zealand as reported by market research company NPD Group. As cited by MCVPacific, NPD has declared Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 the ... and more »

New Zealand Energy Update MarketWatch (press release) VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA, Feb 09, 2012 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- New Zealand Energy Corp. /quotes/zigman/6012552 CA:NZ +6.54% (otcqx:NZERF) ("NZEC" or the "Company") wishes to confirm, at the request of IIROC, that the Company's management team is ... and more »

New Zealand Credit Spending Rises, Kiwi Little Moved TheStreet.com By DailyFX 02/09/12 - 05:16 PM EST By Max Oltersdorf, On February 9th, the New Zealand government announced that January card spending had increased by 1.0% MoM, the latest in a string of economic indicators pointing to a tepid economic recovery. and more »

Demand for Blu-ray on the up
NewZealand?s favourite online DVD rental service, Fatso, is reporting a big increase in demand for Blu-ray titles this year. The demand for Fatso?s new release titles in Blu-ray format grew a staggering 96% in 2011.

MALAYSIA BEST IN ASEAN REGION ON ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE INDEX
PUTRAJAYA, Jan 31 (Bernama) -- Malaysia was top among Asean countries on theEnvironmental Performance Index (EPI) for 2011 released by the World EconomicForum in Davos, Switzerland.Natural Resources and Environment Minister Datuk Seri Douglas Uggah Embassaid among 132 countries in the world, Malaysia was ranked 25th."Malaysia was also in third spot in the Asia-Pacific region behind NewZealand ...

Dot Kiwi for those wishing to fly flag
New Zealanders wanting to show their online loyalty will get the chance next year when the Dot Kiwi (.kiwi) domain name is expected to become available. read more

Land grab: All white by us
On a weekday afternoon, Gulf Harbour is deathly quiet. That is until a bunch of schoolboys - still wearing knee-high socks - pull up in an ageing Japanese hatchbacks and head out to the jetty with boxes of beer under their arms. As...

Four quicks have 'venom in every spell' - Martin
Chris Martin, who claimed career-best figures 6 for 26 against Zimbabwe in Napier, has said New Zealand's success in the Test had much to do with a four-pronged pace attack

Chakabva confident of competing in ODIs
After the innings and 301-run defeat in the one-off Test against New Zealand, Zimbabwe are preparing skill-wise and mentally to compete in the limited-overs leg of the tour, Regis Chakabva has said

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